In the early 1850s, Angstrom, up at the University of Uppsala in Sweden was conducting experiments on atomic hydrogen.
在19世纪50年代的头几年,阿姆斯特朗,那时还在瑞典的乌普萨拉大学里,做了一个有关氢原子的实验。
Well, some examples, later on in history there's a quarrel between Athens and Megara as to who controls the island of Salamis.
好,再举几个例子,后来雅典和麦加拉间,就谁统治萨拉弥斯岛的问题起了争端
And in the Methuselah case,I've stipulated, it ends up not being very much like me at all.
在玛士萨拉的案例中,我规定,最后的我完全不像我自己。
They talk a lot, as Sarah said, they talk a lot about abstract questions, and this puts the meaning of the story in that abstract register. Is it a love story, or is it a religious story, a mystifying story?
他们谈论了很多,如萨拉所说,他们谈论了很多,很抽象的问题,这使得这个故事,变得抽象了,这是个爱情故事吗,有的或者是个宗教故事,还是个神秘故事呢?
He was Uppsala, in Sweden.
他在瑞典的乌普萨拉城市。
Sarah oh, sorry.
萨拉,哦,对不起。
Well, the Spartans take them very seriously and they say okay we'll stay and fight at Salamis.
斯巴达人认为他们是来真的,于是才同意驻守萨拉弥斯
Similarly, in naval battles Themistocles at Salamis comes up with a clever device.
在萨拉弥斯海战中,地米斯托克利也是靠着类似的招数才扭转乾坤
It's just that as Methuselah,I live a very,very,very long time.
就和玛士萨拉一样,我活了非常非常久。
Well, if you look at the catalog of ships in Homer's Iliad, the island of Salamis had its ships lined up next to the island of Athens. Ballgame.
如果你看荷马伊利亚特的《船舶名录》这一卷,萨拉弥斯人把自己的船排列在了,雅典人的船旁边,就那么简单
I'm like Methuselah.Call this the Methuselah case.
就和玛士萨拉一样,让我们把这个案例叫做玛士萨拉案例。
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